Open AccessCoronary artery bypass surgery in the presence of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea
Author(s) -
Rajinder Singh Rawat,
Yatin Mehta,
Naresh Trehan,
Aditya Gupta
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9784.119181
Subject(s) - medicine , cerebrospinal fluid , surgery , rhinorrhea , vomiting , cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea , coronary artery disease , irritability , artery , anesthesia , menopause
A seventy eight year old male patient was admitted in our hospital with headache, vomiting, irritability and confusion. Initially he was diagnosed as a case of pyogenic encephalitis. Further investigations revealed that patient had cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea and coronary artery disease. He successfully underwent coronary artery bypass grafting and cerebrospinal fluid leak repair.